Many of the poison gases used in WW1 ... gas, caused inflammation of the eyes and bronchitis. Chronic symptoms recorded at the hospital included "mental inertia" and "memory weakness". Mustard ...

Beginning with widespread use during World War I, sulfur mustard has ... lubrication to the eyes. Immunoglobulins (Ig), also known as antibodies, are produced by white blood cells.

Effects of the gas weren’t easy to endure. A nurse at the time, Vera Brittain, wrote in her 1933 autobiography that soldiers suffered “great mustard-colored blisters, blind eyes, all sticky ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Islamic State militants are believed to be responsible for sulfur mustard gas attacks ... in World War One, it causes severe delayed burns to the eyes, skin and respiratory ...

Doctors said the six critical patients have been affected by a decline in white blood cells ... The skin of mustard gas victims blisters, the eyes become very sore and they start to vomit.

Sussex Police confirmed a small number of people were suffering from stinging eyes, skin and vomiting ... the likelihood of the cloud being mustard gas related. In May, the toxic chemical ...

On June 2, 1918, during Germany’s spring offensive offensive on the Western Front, a French unit pulling back to more defensible ground encountered a newly arrived company of Marines marching ...

Poison gas was one of the most hated and feared weapons during World War One ... eyes and bronchitis. Chronic symptoms recorded at the hospital included "mental inertia" and "memory weakness ...

Mustard gas lingers for days, making soldier’s skin break out in blisters and burning their eyes, noses ... the gas seemed to target the men’s white blood cells. Horrific as they were ...